Operation of an optical atomic clock with a Brillouin laser subsystem.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2020
Historique:
received: 16 01 2020
accepted: 01 10 2020
entrez: 10 12 2020
pubmed: 11 12 2020
medline: 11 12 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Microwave atomic clocks have traditionally served as the 'gold standard' for precision measurements of time and frequency. However, over the past decade, optical atomic clocks

Identifiants

pubmed: 33299197
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2981-6
pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-2981-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

244-249

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Auteurs

William Loh (W)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA. William.Loh@ll.mit.edu.

Jules Stuart (J)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

David Reens (D)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

Colin D Bruzewicz (CD)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

Danielle Braje (D)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

John Chiaverini (J)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

Paul W Juodawlkis (PW)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

Jeremy M Sage (JM)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Robert McConnell (R)

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA.

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